SHARED FUTURES / DIFFICULT CHOICES
Reclaiming a Democratic Vision for College Learning,
Global Engagement, and Success

AAC&U Annual Meeting
January 25-28, 2012
Washington, DC / Grand Hyatt Hotel

Wye Faculty Seminar Demonstration

Thursday, January 26, 2:30-4:00 p.m.

Presented by The Aspen Institute

About the Demonstration
We are pleased to invite AAC&U-member provosts, presidents, and deans to participate in a demonstration of the Wye Faculty Seminar, which will be led by Todd Breyfogle, Director of Seminars for The Aspen Institute. The demonstration allows provosts, presidents, and deans to preview the intellectual values and practices of the Seminar, which is offered one week each summer for selected faculty members who have the honor of being nominated by their presidents and deans for their distinctive contributions to the quality of liberal education.

The mission of the Wye Faculty Seminar – co-sponsored by The Aspen Institute and AAC&U – is one of the premier faculty development programs in the country. The Seminar seeks to address what we believe is a central need of faculty members – to exchange ideas with colleagues from other disciplines and other institutions committed to liberal education while probing ideas and values that underlie their teaching.

Each year an interdisciplinary cross-section of thoughtful faculty enjoy stimulating discussions in formal seminars with time to read, reflect, exercise, and socialize at the bucolic Aspen Wye River campus on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay.  Readings are selected to challenge participants to focus on values such as individual rights and responsibilities both nationally and globally, and the public purposes of education in a free, democratic republic.

Registration for the January Seminar demonstration (including a $95 registration fee) is handled by The Aspen Institute.  Individuals must register for the demonstration no later than January 4 to ensure your participation in the demonstration.  For more information about the Wye Seminar and/or to register for the demonstration, please email charlene.costello@aspeninstitute.org or call 410-820-5374.